Graeme Smith literally called Bhajji a wanker. He stopped short of calling the Indian attack useless and claimed they could not take 20 SA wickets. He warned Amla would shoot thuderbolts thru his arse and spit fire when he batted (well he nearly did).
In short he insulted the entire Indian team which has been No 1 in cricket for the past year or so. This he did after the first Test match. This is unusual.
A captain is usually required to provide his reading and insights off a game. He is not supposed to sledge in a Press Conference.
Yesterday India got them out for 131 and took a 74 run lead. They had a opportunity to rub his nose into dirt. Conclusively shut his filthy mouth and probably get one or two back at him. He ha been Zaheer's bunny for past one year or so. They should have made him eat his shitty and condescending words and provided some respite for their bowlers who broke their back again defending a meagre total.
Instead they were 84/4 by end of play.
Bloody arse wipes.
I have seen SRT and RD play better attacks with better application. If you claim to be No 1 batting unit then for God's sake play like one.
Now all hopes rest on Chet Pujara and VVS. Hope they have a gem up their sleeves. I am usually good at predicting and I have a feeling Pujara' got a big one coming.
He needs only to score 60-70 runs for India to win this one. 60-70 in SA is equal to 150 in India. With a bit of luck he should do it. What makes me believe in Pujara against world's best bowling attack? After all it's his 2nd test and he didn't fair all that well in first innings.
He is a quiet, unassuming young man brought up in a middle class family with budget strings. He is not flashy and has been looked over quiet a few times in team selections despite big runs and the credentials for test cricket. The flashier and more unworthy ones (Like Raina, Kohli and Yuvraj) have often got chances. He has been waiting 2 years. He had the best CV in business but never really landed up the job.
This probably happens to 90% of deserving cricketers. Its really his response which is interesting to watch.
After every selectorial snub he's went back and piled on double centuries. He was accused of being good only of flat decks, so he went and scored a double on a Bhubhaneshwar ripper and nobody else crossed 50. The anger and injustice he felt were channeled on hapless domestic bowlers. He toured with A teams, scored in India, scored outside, scored in Baroda, scored out of Baroda.
It happened more than once that news of another of his tons filtered in when a selector was busy explaining his absence. He didn't knock on the door of opportunity. He bloody brought it down with a sledgehammer.
In Durban sometime today he will meet his destiny. He will face a severe test of skills and application and some rib cracking bouncers. But the good thing is mentally he won't be afraid. He has faced enough abuse /pain of people ignoring his achievements and being looked over. Durban in comparison is a walkover. This is all anybody who devotes his life to cricket hope for or fight for. A chance on the big stage. A chance of glory. A chance to smite your detractors on their smug piggy faces. This is your show and the mere thought of going back to the dust bowls of Ranji should egg him on. Playing before 20,000 is better than 20 people. And never let the bloody selectors decide your fate again.
He is way too modest to think like what I wrote. In all it's probability he will remember his deceased mother, pray to the God and go apply himself best. And this is what champions generally do apart from silly Hollywood movies. Make no mistake he is one in making.
Go Chet go. I will have beer on you...
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